Tetrabutylammonium Fluoride → HCID 53709988, compound

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Ethyl 4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-(1-t-butyldimethylsilyloxyethyl)benzoate (25 g) and tetrabutylammonium fluoride (210 ml of 1.0M solution in THF) were dissolved in THF and stirred for 4 hours at room temperature. The mixture was diluted with ether and washed with water. The organic extract was dried (anhydrous magnesium sulphate) and filtered. The filtrate was evaporated to dryness yielding ethyl 4chloro-2-fluoro-3-(1-hydroxyethyl)benzoate (16.8 g) as a clear oil, NMR (CDCl3) 1.3(t,3H), 1.5(d,3H), 2.5(bs,1H), 4.3(q,2H), 5.3(q,1H), 7.1(d,1H), 7.7(t,1H).

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